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I'm so close to pulling the trigger on that it is painful. I actually think I can get it played regularly but the table area looks rough. The campaign doesn't give a great feel for the ease of learning and fun...of all things. I need a two player game. I wish I could preplay it.

My copy of Fireball Island with all the extras showed up today. First kickstarter in awhile that I remember showing up exactly when they said it would. Pretty happy since family will be in tomorrow and this gives me time tonight to get the cards sleeved, tokens punched out etc. Quality seems ok, it's three separate plastic pieces for the base game board instead of the originals one solid piece (I think, it's been almost 30 years since I last played it). The middle piece rests in between the two side pieces to give it a bigger sense of height which is kind of neat. Marbles are a little disappointing in that they seem more rust colored than fireball like, will probably end up replacing them with something a little flashier. One thing I'm not sure on yet is they purposelessly went with folded ends on the corner on the box which while accurate for an 80s board game makes the box feel flimsy. There is apparently a Broken Token insert coming out soon and depending on how the family reacts this weekend may invest in it. Should be a fun weekend, got this new old classic we used to play plus Ticket to Ride, Rumicube, Scythe, Scythe JR, Dead of Winter, Rampage and Blokus all out ready to go depending on the mood and group make up wanting to play.

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My copy of Fireball Island with all the extras showed up today. First kickstarter in awhile that I remember showing up exactly when they said it would. Pretty happy since family will be in tomorrow and this gives me time tonight to get the cards sleeved, tokens punched out etc. Quality seems ok, it's three separate plastic pieces for the base game board instead of the originals one solid piece (I think, it's been almost 30 years since I last played it). The middle piece rests in between the two side pieces to give it a bigger sense of height which is kind of neat. Marbles are a little disappointing in that they seem more rust colored than fireball like, will probably end up replacing them with something a little flashier. One thing I'm not sure on yet is they purposelessly went with folded ends on the corner on the box which while accurate for an 80s board game makes the box feel flimsy. There is apparently a Broken Token insert coming out soon and depending on how the family reacts this weekend may invest in it. Should be a fun weekend, got this new old classic we used to play plus Ticket to Ride, Rumicube, Scythe, Scythe JR, Dead of Winter, Rampage and Blokus all out ready to go depending on the mood and group make up wanting to play.

Rasterizing . . .

Also got ours in this past weekend and played a few games that went well.

The box does suck but as Hateyou eluded to they’re aware of it.

We went all in on the Kickstarter so we have all the expansions and inventoried them but haven’t tested yet. As part of the Kickstarter we also opted for the premium marbles which are a solid improvement in color over the base ones that are included.

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This is live. I’m excited, I have the full game, this will allow me to get more of the expansion stuff. This game turned out to be very good gameplay wise. The miniatures are great too, I ended up zenithal priming the entire thing.

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After watching a couple videos I’m definitely in. Looks like a lot of gameplay for the price. They’ve earned my trust with Dawnfall, they delayed the fuck out of it to play test and perfect it rather than shit it out the door like SFG did with Dark Souls. Getting a fantastic game a year late is way preferable over a turd on time. Have played Dawnfall ~10 times...Dark Souls once.

After watching a couple videos I’m definitely in. Looks like a lot of gameplay for the price. They’ve earned my trust with Dawnfall, they delayed the fuck out of it to play test and perfect it rather than shit it out the door like SFG did with Dark Souls. Getting a fantastic game a year late is way preferable over a turd on time. Have played Dawnfall ~10 times...Dark Souls once.

Their reputation preceded them, almost 15k backers and over $1.5 million raised in less than 12 hours. That seems pretty impressive for a non CMON/Kingdom Death/licensed IP project. Went all in am looking forward to it and now debating to do split shipping or not. I see this company did a board game adaptation of This War of Mine of all things. Reading the description and if the subject wasn't so depressing would make the perfect game to take down to the family for Christmas with 6 player quasi co op.

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Their reputation preceded them, almost 15k backers and over $1.5 million raised in less than 12 hours. That seems pretty impressive for a non CMON/Kingdom Death/licensed IP project. Went all in am looking forward to it and now debating to do split shipping or not. I see this company did a board game adaptation of This War of Mine of all things. Reading the description and if the subject wasn't so depressing would make the perfect game to take down to the family for Christmas with 6 player quasi co op.

Ive talked to a few people at Cons who have played TWoM and they all had this deep reaction like it was an amazing experience they couldn’t explain. Always been curious about it but have never know anyone who owns it.

I think I will do split shipping. $13 difference to play a year earlier and be ready for a refresh a year later when the new stuff arrives, vs getting it all at once and probably not using the extra content. That’s just how it seems to go for me anyways.

I think these guys could be eclipsing CMON soon if they keep pumping out such high quality stuff. CMON is known for being lazy and just shitting out nice miniatures. These guys are known for excellent gameplay, playtesting AND quality components. I’d still rate CMONs miniatures better quality but not by much. The AR minis I have had more glue/warping/flash issues than a typical CMON order, but it wasn’t anything crazy, it was all fixed in 20 minutes with hot water, glue, and a knife. I rate non-mini AR components higher than CMON. They put more thought into their games so instead of a normal 6 sided die it’s fully custom. Plastic gems instead of cardboard. Just little stuff like that.